- Pieter Aldrich
Pieter ("Piet") Aldrich (b.
September 7 1965 , inJohannesburg ,South Africa ) is a former professionaltennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 2 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (1Australian Open and 1 US Open). Aldrich reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Career
Aldrich won the first of 9 career doubles titles in 1988 at
Charleston, South Carolina .In 1990 Aldrich won the men's doubles titles at both the Australian Open and the U.S. Open, partnering his fellow South African player
Danie Visser . The pair were also doubles runners-up at Wimbledon that year.1990 also saw Aldrich win his first (and only) top-level singles title at
Newport, Rhode Island . His career-high ranking in singles was World No. 64, which he achieved in 1988.Aldrich won the final doubles title of his career in 1992 in Johannesburg.
Titles (10)
Doubles titles (9)
Runner-ups (10)
Singles (1)
*1990 (1) Newport
External links
* [http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofiles/default2.asp?playernumber=A066 Official ATP profile for Aldrich]
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